Eärendil, take the stone you hold the world in its own glow Chorus: Take the stone, take it home through the long black water keep it low, keep it close let it cut the dark like glass And till then I’ll go quiet at your side we lift just the ember and carry it through the dark with us Chorus: Take the stone, take it home through the long black water keep it low, keep it close let it cut the dark like glass Elwing rises from the waves, salt in her sleeves, a white bird in the morning, and the Silmaril on her breast makes even the night turn warm and bright Chorus: Take the stone, take it home through the long black water keep it low, keep it close let it cut the dark like glass In the night Eärendil stands at the helm his ship cuts straight through the wind then he sees her coming like a bright trail on the rim of time by morning she is with him again and his wonder stays like a vow in the salt of the air that we find each other, again and again Chorus: Take the stone, take it home through the long black water keep it low, keep it close let it cut the dark like glass Far above the weather he keeps on climbing past the roofs of storms past the gulls and the ice and the stone keeps burning small, steady, stubborn like a lamp in a kitchen window when the house is asleep Chorus: Take the stone, take it home through the long black water keep it low, keep it close let it cut the dark like glass
